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Maxime Macenauer's goal with 2:47 left in regulation broke a third-period tie and lifted the Ducks to a 4-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks in their final game at the Young Stars Tournament in Penticton, B.C.

The 21-year-old Macenauer, a third-round pick in 2007, made a nice move around a defender behind the Vancouver net and slipped the puck by Canucks goalie Michael Hauser. Bill Sweatt and Pierre-Olivier Morin scored earlier in the third period to erase a 2-0 Ducks lead.

"When you're up 2-0 in the third and they get two back, it can go either way," said Mark Holick, the new coach of the AHL's Syracuse Crunch who led the Ducks' prospects. "We bent a little bit there but we certainly didn't break.

"Mace did a great job. He did a couple of cutbacks in the offensive zone and had a couple of d-men wrapped all over him. He made a move behind the goal and tucked it in. It was an excellent goal. It certainly came from a lot of hard work."

The Ducks salvaged their only win after getting pushed around by San Jose and Calgary in their other two tournament games. Timo Pielmeier made his second start and stopped 16 shots.

Nick Bonino scored to get the Ducks untracked Sunday night but that was all they could muster in their opener at the Young Stars Tournament as San Jose built a four-goal lead and went on to a 4-1 victory at Penticton, B.C.

Bonino beat Sharks goalie J.P. Anderson at the 3:38 mark of the third as he converted an assist from Jake Newton on a five-on-three power play with San Jose prospects Curt Gogol and Spencer Humphries in the penalty box.

Anderson was sharp as he made 26 saves and was particularly impressive in the second and third periods when the Ducks finally got their game going.

"He did play a good game but I think that falls on us," said Bonino, who made his debut with the big club at the end of last season. "A lot of our shots were kind of from the outside. We didn't really get the traffic that we wanted in front and we didn't really get the grade 'A' chances."

San Jose took it to the Ducks early and drew three minor penalties in the first period alone in building a 13-4 shot advantage. The Ducks killed them off but Nick Petrecki broke through with a goal with just 33 seconds left.

All three of the Ducks' games in the upcoming Young Stars Tournament in Penticton, B.C., will be streamed live on the Internet through the team's website, www.anaheimducks.com.

The five-day round robin tournament also includes the host Vancouver Canucks along with San Jose, Edmonton and Calgary. Many of the Ducks' top young prospects, including 2010 first-round picks Cam Fowler (right) and Emerson Etem, will be competing as the full roster is listed here.

The Ducks will play San Jose on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. PDT and face Calgary on Monday at 4 p.m. and Vancouver on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Taylor Hall, who was taken No. 1 overall by Edmonton back in June, is expected to make his debut for the Oilers. All games will take place at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

Forwards Jason Akeson and Jake Carrick and defensemen Benn Olson and Brodie Melynchuk are playing on professional or amateur tryouts, according to a Ducks spokesman.

Akeson's numbers stand out the most as he had 24 goals and 56 assists in 65 games with the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL last season.

Carrick and Olson appear to offer rougher edges. Carrick had 122 penalty minutes in 63 games with the OHL's Sault Ste. Marie while Olson racked up 168 penalty minutes in 50 games with Florida of the ECHL and also played nine games with Albany of the AHL.

Melynchuk played with the Brandon Wheat Kings of the WHL last season. He is described as a stay-at-home type by Hockey's Future.